Word: tone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tense scene, Grace and Axel play Russian roulette. Taylor's character is eerily suicidal. When she softly says, "You don't say no to this game," and, after Axel refuses to play, "Okay, then, my turn," her self-destructiveness acquires a pathetically sweet tone. Even though the scene is emotionally effective, it remains incongruous in the context of the mostly humorous film...
...Boccherini's guitar quintets features castanets, Turina calls for percussive sounds created by tapping the face of the instrument. Fisk later extended the guitar's percussive role in his transcription of de Falla's Danza del Molinero from "El Sombrero de Tres Picos"; by adding a strummed tone to his tapping, Fisk achieved a startlingly bell-like effect. He also created ringing harmonics by manipulating the resonant lengths of the strings...
Selections from George Rochberg's "American Bouquet" offered a completely different view of the guitar's capabilities. His adaptations of "My Heart Stood Still" and "I Only Have Eyes for You" lent an improvisatory, introspective tone to the guitar; it was much like viewing the old melodies through a kaleidoscope. Fisk would have done well to lose himself a little more in the ideas of these pieces, rather than focusing significantly on embellishment. He executed the last selection, a genuine if overly scripted "Notre Dame Blues," With appropriate gusto, smiling visibly for the first time while playing. Perhaps...
Among the better tracks on the album is a duet with Van Morrison, the tune "Serves Me Right/Syndicator." Hooker's voice-rough, vibrant and dripping with years of Jim Beam-mixes well with Morrison's brighter tone. As the song progresses, the two artists lose themselves in its driving melody, calling to one another and responding in true Gospel fashion...
Whatever the tone of the outgoing chief'stenure, University officials say the choice of anew police chief is a matter for carefulconsideration...